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pag._n 49._o as_o also_o a_o power_n to_o redress_v grievance_n and_o to_o call_v into_o question_n all_o minister_n of_o state_n and_o justice_n and_o all_o subject_n of_o whatsoever_o degree_n in_o case_n of_o delinquency_n it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o a_o part_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n do_v reside_v in_o they_o though_o they_o have_v not_o the_o honorary_a title_n here_o be_v coordination_n assert_v which_o be_v destructive_a of_o the_o king_n be_v imperial_a title_n hear_v now_o the_o publisher_n of_o the_o speech_n of_o some_o of_o the_o late_a king_n judge_n viz._n harrison_n carew_n etc._n etc._n in_o his_o praeface_n to_o the_o reader_n he_o call_v they_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n and_o publish_v the_o story_n as_o he_o say_v that_o man_n may_v see_v what_o it_o be_v to_o have_v a_o interest_n in_o christ_n ☞_o ☞_o in_o a_o die_a hour_n and_o to_o be_v faithful_a to_o his_o cause_n if_o these_o people_n suffer_v for_o god_n cause_n by_o what_o authority_n do_v they_o act_n that_o put_v they_o to_o death_n 11._o pag._n 11._o mr._n carew_n can_v have_v escape_v he_o say_v but_o will_v not_o know_v how_o much_o the_o name_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n be_v concern_v in_o his_o faithful_a witness_n to_o the_o cause_n of_o christ_n for_o which_o he_o be_v in_o bond_n in_o another_o place_n a_o letter_n be_v pretend_v to_o be_v write_v to_o a_o christian_a friend_n by_o mr._n justice_n cook_n i_o look_v upon_o it_o as_o the_o most_o noble_a and_o high_a act_n of_o justice_n 41._o pag._n 41._o that_o our_o story_n can_v parallel_v and_o so_o far_o as_o i_o have_v a_o hand_n in_o it_o never_o any_o one_o action_n in_o all_o my_o life_n come_v to_o my_o mind_n with_o less_o regret_n or_o trouble_v of_o conscience_n then_o that_o do_v for_o the_o blood_n must_v lie_v upon_o he_o mean_v the_o king_n or_o upon_o the_o parliament_n more_o of_o this_o stuff_n there_o be_v but_o it_o will_v be_v too_o tedious_a proceed_v now_o to_o the_o narrative_a of_o john_n 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after_o his_o blood_n etc._n etc._n take_v now_o for_o a_o close_a the_o miserable_a madness_n of_o another_o pamphlet_n against_o the_o king_n proclamation_n prohibit_v conventicle_n oh_o it_o be_v sad_a to_o consider_v that_o the_o proclamation_n of_o a_o poor_a worm_n shall_v not_o only_o command_v man_n person_n 16._o loud_o call_v pag._n 16._o â—ut_v their_o very_a spirit_n also_o if_o any_o king_n or_o power_n dare_v offâ—r_a to_o entrench_v on_o man_n conscience_n to_o their_o utmost_a peril_n be_v it_o and_o if_o man_n give_v way_n to_o their_o usurp_v authority_n to_o their_o uttermost_a peril_n be_v it_o also_o no_o governor_n nor_o ruler_n have_v any_o more_o power_n as_o from_o god_n to_o give_v law_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n or_o to_o rule_v over_o man_n conscience_n than_o they_o have_v to_o sit_v in_o god_n throne_n in_o heaven_n 17._o ibid._n pag._n 17._o or_o to_o pluck_v he_o from_o his_o throne_n stand_v up_o for_o your_o meeting_n and_o holy_a service_n let_v man_n and_o power_n decree_v never_o so_o contrary_a ibid._n ibid._n i_o may_v insist_v upon_o divers_a other_o seditious_a pamphlet_n but_o let_v this_o suffice_v here_o be_v the_o sacred_a government_n of_o the_o church_n vilify_v the_o ruler_n of_o it_o revile_v the_o people_n animate_v and_o inflame_v against_o the_o magistrate_n here_o be_v the_o prerogative_n of_o his_o most_o gracious_a majesty_n not_o only_o question_v but_o disclaim_v his_o indulgence_n trample_v upon_o and_o the_o execrable_a murderer_n of_o his_o royal_a father_n saint_v let_v the_o world_n now_o determine_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o high_o necessary_a that_o these_o bold_a and_o pestilent_a defamation_n shall_v be_v either_o punish_v or_o confute_v finis_fw-la
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